Khela: *another huff at his question and she clings a lilttle tighter.* Four men came into my room at night. I’d never seen them before. I woke when one pressed something over my face. I-I couldn’t do anything. Th-they k-killed Tia, m-my attendant. *chokesob* Wh-whatever that man drugged me with kept me from moving or screaming. They stabbed Tia and left her to bleed to death on the floor as they carried me out the window. *gaspsob.* Life Light... *shaking hard now. They put me over the back of a horse and rode away. We rode all night, and all the next day, and into the night again before they stopped at a cabbin in the woods. They killed whoever lived there before, the bodies had been dumped outside and animals had been at them, and the from room smelled of death and blood. *regaining some control* I think they meant to deug me again, but forgot, exhausted themselves by then. They fell asleep, leaving me dumped on the floor by the bed one of them slept in. When the drug wore off and I could move again I found some shoes that fit well enough, dressy, the lady who lived there probably had them for special occasions. I also found a knife, and they’d left their money near the bed, so I took that too and left. I was going to take a hirse tol, but they started making noise when I tried to approach and I was afraid they’d wake the men if I pressed it, so I just ran. I know they’re hunting me, they have to be.